Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or talking about horror movies with the Zombie Grrlz Horror Podcast Network.
"When you defended the immigrant community, when you pointed out a system that persecutes and separates, you spoke from a place I know very well," Ricky Martin said in an open letter.